Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!
New American Standard Bible
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
King James Version
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Holman Bible
I heard the Lord of Hosts say:
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
International Standard Version
The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants.
A Conservative Version
In my ears [says] LORD of hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
American Standard Version
In mine ears'saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Amplified
In my ears the Lord of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,
Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
Darby Translation
In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
Julia Smith Translation
In the ears of Jehovah of armies, If not many houses shall be for desolation, great and good from none dwelling.
King James 2000
In my hearing said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh of hosts [said] in my ears: {Surely} many houses shall become a desolation, large and beautiful [ones] without inhabitant.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah of Hosts swore in my ears, Truly many houses shall be deserted, big and fair, without inhabitant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD of Hosts roundeth me thus in mine ear: Shall not many greater and more gorgeous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them?
NET Bible
The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.
New Heart English Bible
In my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
The Emphasized Bible
In mine ears, said Yahweh of hosts, - Verily, houses in abundance, shall become, a desolation, Large and fair, without inhabitant;
Webster
In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
World English Bible
In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
Themes
Desolation » What shall be desolate
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces existing corruptions
Interlinear
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Rab
Bayith
Shammah
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
8 Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land! 9 By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant! 10 For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.
Cross References
Matthew 23:38
Lo, left desolate to you is your house;
Isaiah 22:14
And revealed it hath been in mine ears, By Jehovah of Hosts: Not pardoned is this iniquity to you, Till ye die, said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.
2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath -- to the fulness of seventy years.
Isaiah 5:6
And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.
Isaiah 6:11-12
And I say, 'Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, 'Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted -- a desolation,
Isaiah 27:10
For the fenced city is alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches.
Amos 3:7
For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
Amos 6:11
For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house with breaches, And the little house with clefts.
Matthew 22:7
'And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;